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rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. counselor jivery to you b counselor, he knows there's problems on both sides? >> think of how difficult it is for them. they have to do two almost entirely contradictory things in their testimony tomorrow. one is they have to acknowledge responsibility. they have to say that what is completely obvious is that this was not some aberration. this was not one person or ten people. it was apparently thousands of people who were hacked and the idea that they didn't know is prepost rouse. but they can't confess to crimes. practically everyone around them has been arrested already. rebekah brooks, rupert murdoch's protÉge in great britain, arrested yesterday. they have to acknowledge but not admit. frankly, i don't know if it's possible. >> matthew, a bizarre twist. the whistle blower, shawu shaun found dead. >> this saga continues to develop by the hour here in the united kingdom. the police have issued a statement sa
rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. counselor jivery to you b counselor, he knows there's problems on both sides? >> think of how difficult it is for them. they have to do two almost entirely contradictory things in their testimony tomorrow. one is they have to acknowledge responsibility. they have to say that what is completely obvious is that this was not some aberration. this was not one person or ten people. it was...
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bernie kerik was also a tool of rupert murdoch. nothing would stop bernie kerik from doing anything murdoch or his lieutenants wanted him to do. bernie kerik was and is a criminal, and he was rudy giuliani's choice to be the police commissioner of the city of new york. there is no doubt tonight that bernie kerik is at the top of the list of people the fbi is going to want to interview in the investigation into what exactly murdoch's phone hackers may have done to the families of 9/11 victims in new york city. and if the fbi can find any dirt on bernie kerik in this case, then kerik will crack and tell them everything he knows about rupert murdoch and his empire. if murdoch needs kerik to stay quiet, then he needs to find a way to get the word to bernie that murdoch can do more for him in whatever is left of his future than the fbi can. murdoch and his new york team know how weak bernie kerik is. if they have to count on him to keep their secrets, they must be very, very worried tonight. >> my choice ultimately was and is bernie ker
bernie kerik was also a tool of rupert murdoch. nothing would stop bernie kerik from doing anything murdoch or his lieutenants wanted him to do. bernie kerik was and is a criminal, and he was rudy giuliani's choice to be the police commissioner of the city of new york. there is no doubt tonight that bernie kerik is at the top of the list of people the fbi is going to want to interview in the investigation into what exactly murdoch's phone hackers may have done to the families of 9/11 victims in...
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we're going to take you inside the mind of rupert murdoch. a cnn insider tells us more about the man behind this massive media empire. plus his wife jumped to his defense today when that attacker sort of rushes the room. during that hearing you're going to hear her story, next. e-line . so, you've been double crossed by other travel sites and now you want to try the real deal. yes, is it true that name your own price... ...got even easier? affirmative. we'll show you other people's winning hotel bids. so i'll know how much to bid... ...and save up to 60% i'm in i know the lady in leather travels on three wheels. wait, is that code? that's my secret weapon... ...naomi pryce see winning hotel bids now at priceline. fiber one. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, this is pretty good. [ male announcer ] half a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. oh, we call it the bundler. let's say you need home and auto insurance. you give us your information once, online... [ whirring and beeping ] [ di
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murdoch. >> reporter: rupert murdoch's great love has always been the newspaper. he demand dramatic stories telling reporters we will never be boring and frequently checks in with his top editors. one of whom used to be lou. >> passionate about his newspapers and along with that passion comes an involvement in the day-to-day operations of his papers. particularly his biggest ones. >> reporter: murdoch's ambitions began in his native australia inheriting his father's newspaper business. he started the "australian" a nationwide paper and used them to support politician hess favored. overseas murdoch's first purchase was a british tabloid "news of the world" followed by "the sun" both of which he pushed to a new level of sensationalism. topless girls on page 3 of the "sun" was a ruport innovation. >> reporter: he was in a competitive market known at fleet street. martin dunn says he was as tough as his headlines. >> he was the man who tamed the print unions so newspapers became incredibly profitable. >> reporter: checkbook journalism with stories was a regular practi
murdoch. >> reporter: rupert murdoch's great love has always been the newspaper. he demand dramatic stories telling reporters we will never be boring and frequently checks in with his top editors. one of whom used to be lou. >> passionate about his newspapers and along with that passion comes an involvement in the day-to-day operations of his papers. particularly his biggest ones. >> reporter: murdoch's ambitions began in his native australia inheriting his father's newspaper...
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rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. and american politics. counselor, he knows there's criminal investigations on both sides of the atlantic. rupert murdoch and his depth tigs need to be careful, don't they? >> think of how difficult it is for them. they have to do two almost entirely contradictory things in their testimony tomorrow. one is they have to acknowledge responsibility. they have to say that what is completely obvious is that this was not some aberration. this was not one person or ten people. it was apparently thousands of people who were hacked and the idea that they didn't know is preposterous. but they can't confess to crimes. practically everyone around them has been arrested already. rebekah brooks, rupert murdoch's protÉge in great britain, arrested yesterday. they have to acknowledge but not admit. frankly, i don't know if it's possible. >> matthew, a bizarre twist. the whistleblower, shaun hoare found dead. what do we know abo
rupert murdoch stepping down. and it's political drama because he's so influential in british politics. and american politics. counselor, he knows there's criminal investigations on both sides of the atlantic. rupert murdoch and his depth tigs need to be careful, don't they? >> think of how difficult it is for them. they have to do two almost entirely contradictory things in their testimony tomorrow. one is they have to acknowledge responsibility. they have to say that what is completely...
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and the very very ugly rupert murdoch if you think murdoch standards of journalism are low in the us with fox so-called news you should see what he's up to in the u.k. murdoch's british tabloid newspaper news of the world is accused of hacking into the cell phone a million. and abducted british teenager whose remains were found two months after her disappearance and deleting several voicemail messages and papers tampering with a phone that only gave the parents of the girl false hope that she might be alive but also hindered a police investigation into her abduction and murder british prime minister david cameron weighed in on the issue saying that if the accusations against murdoch's news of the world are true then quote this is a dreadful act in a truly dreadful situation and quickly read it rupert murdoch's minions having no journalistic integrity that's very very good. after the break why big oil means big money for the republican party especially one particular freshman republican. let's not forget that we had an apartheid museum right now. i think the plumbing is feeding on the
and the very very ugly rupert murdoch if you think murdoch standards of journalism are low in the us with fox so-called news you should see what he's up to in the u.k. murdoch's british tabloid newspaper news of the world is accused of hacking into the cell phone a million. and abducted british teenager whose remains were found two months after her disappearance and deleting several voicemail messages and papers tampering with a phone that only gave the parents of the girl false hope that she...
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in caving into pressure in the past few hours, media mogul rupert murdoch and his son james have agreed to appear before the british parliament investigating that phone hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch's british empire. and that testimony will take place next week, and rebecca brooks will also testify, and former executive neil wallace became the ninth person arrested in connection with this tabloid scandal. here in the u.s., you may have already heard six senators and a congressman are now calling on the fbi to investigate allegations that "news of the world" reporters tried to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims and their families. "news international" has responded to the reports saying they have seen no evidence that these allegations are true. joining me to talk about it more nationally is syndicated radio host michael smerconish, and originally, we were heard that he would not be available, but now we will hear from rupert murdoch who was criticized by many who say he should have come out and said more sooner. >> what is interesting about this, tamron, you made reference
in caving into pressure in the past few hours, media mogul rupert murdoch and his son james have agreed to appear before the british parliament investigating that phone hacking scandal involving rupert murdoch's british empire. and that testimony will take place next week, and rebecca brooks will also testify, and former executive neil wallace became the ninth person arrested in connection with this tabloid scandal. here in the u.s., you may have already heard six senators and a congressman are...
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in britain, new allegations against rupert murdoch's news corp. is the sun about to set on his empire? >>> is she after the white house? i'll talk to the man who wrote the book on sarah palin. he said if she decides to run, she'll win. >>> then pulling the plug on pakistan. we're holding back hundreds of millions of dollars in aid. will that make them a better ally or push them into the arms of our enemy? >>> joining me now from capitol hill to discuss the top story we've been talking about, is cnn congressional correspondent kate bolduan. have they had any breakthrough in the negotiations? they just talk, talk, talk. >> i often feel like i'm repeating myself. we have to tell you, there's no breakthroughs to report this evening. the meeting at the white house lasted about an hour and 45 minutes. i'm told from congressional sources that the focus was largely on the framework that had kind of been identified and come to pass in the biden talks. these are talks that were bipartisan talks that lasted for weeks and fell apart. republicans saying that t
in britain, new allegations against rupert murdoch's news corp. is the sun about to set on his empire? >>> is she after the white house? i'll talk to the man who wrote the book on sarah palin. he said if she decides to run, she'll win. >>> then pulling the plug on pakistan. we're holding back hundreds of millions of dollars in aid. will that make them a better ally or push them into the arms of our enemy? >>> joining me now from capitol hill to discuss the top story...
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but rupert murdoch and james murdoch are being asked to turn up. so farther either saying that they w't or can't and they have been served with the summons by the deputy sergeant of arms, which means that they are being sort of demanded that they come. it's pretty serious stuff. the problem is, because they are american citizens, no one is quite sure if they can have jurisdiction over them, forcing them to turn up or not. so there is scratching of heads there. it's completely unchartered territory and they are talking about introducing emergency laws to force them to come along. >> we're following it closely. dan rivers, thanks. >>> well, they are almost there. the u.s. women's soccer team, one win away from hoisting that world cup. they are going to face japan on sunday in the championship match after their 3-1 win yesterday against france. zain is not only watching all of the action, she's going to be there for the game and report live and give us every single detail, right? >> reporter: you bet, kyra. and the favorite to win is the united states
but rupert murdoch and james murdoch are being asked to turn up. so farther either saying that they w't or can't and they have been served with the summons by the deputy sergeant of arms, which means that they are being sort of demanded that they come. it's pretty serious stuff. the problem is, because they are american citizens, no one is quite sure if they can have jurisdiction over them, forcing them to turn up or not. so there is scratching of heads there. it's completely unchartered...
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crisis on a new front for rupert murdoch and his media empire. the fbi now said to be investigating alleged hacking of 9/11 victims. stand by for new information. and also, a new round of debt talks over at the white house this hour. we're learning new details of what's happening behind closed doors. plus a glimmer of hope in the u.s. senate. and a plan to split california into two states. we'll meet the man behind the controversy secession drive. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. breaking news, political headlines and jeanne moos straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> the hacking scandal plaguing rupert murdoch evening business is now spreading to his u.s. media empire. a law enforcement source telling cnn the fbi has now launched an investigation into murdoch's news corporation. the probe focussing in on allegations of hacking into phone conversations and voice mail of september 11 survivors, victims and their families. skr nn's brian todd is working on the story for us. bri
crisis on a new front for rupert murdoch and his media empire. the fbi now said to be investigating alleged hacking of 9/11 victims. stand by for new information. and also, a new round of debt talks over at the white house this hour. we're learning new details of what's happening behind closed doors. plus a glimmer of hope in the u.s. senate. and a plan to split california into two states. we'll meet the man behind the controversy secession drive. we want to welcome our viewers in the united...
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murdoch owned newspapers and already, the support that rupert murdoch used to have in the higher echelons of government is crumbling. this evening here in london, the government has announced that it is now going to side with the opposition labor party to say this takeover that rupert murdoch wants to have complete of a broadcaster here should not go ahead. once when he had access to the highest people in the country who would fly over to see him in australia, now they're not answering his calls. worse than that, they are even withdrawing their support and siding with his political enemies. >> all right. dan rivers for us in london, thank you. >>> a reality tv family is fighting for its religious rights. we will tell you which one, right after this. >>> time right now, 35 minutes past the hour. let's check out some of the other news and headlines that you may have missed. as democrats and republicans battle over a deal to raise the nation's debt ceiling, president obama is issuing a dire warning. in an interview with cbs news today, obama says absent a deal, he cannot guarantee older amer
murdoch owned newspapers and already, the support that rupert murdoch used to have in the higher echelons of government is crumbling. this evening here in london, the government has announced that it is now going to side with the opposition labor party to say this takeover that rupert murdoch wants to have complete of a broadcaster here should not go ahead. once when he had access to the highest people in the country who would fly over to see him in australia, now they're not answering his...
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i think rupert murdoch has dual u.s. and australian citizen so unclear whether he can be force to do appear. they say he will cooperate. whether that means rupert murdoch, himself, will turn up, we don't know. if he does, it's going to be incredible because there are so many swirling allegations about the paper and the organizations that he runs, suggestions of links to the criminal underworld of illegal activities and targeting. everyone from 9/11 victims to the royal family he has a lot to answer if he does appear. >> dan rivers live from london. we will be talking about this later in the hour. could the scandals there in great britain impact murdoch's impact here in the u.s. >>> back here in the states. congressional leaders return to the white house to negotiate raising the debt ceiling. the deadline is three weeks from today, but the divide separating democrats and republicans may be wider than ever. dan lothian is at the white house. dan, the president is trying to bridge this divide. does he have the political clo
i think rupert murdoch has dual u.s. and australian citizen so unclear whether he can be force to do appear. they say he will cooperate. whether that means rupert murdoch, himself, will turn up, we don't know. if he does, it's going to be incredible because there are so many swirling allegations about the paper and the organizations that he runs, suggestions of links to the criminal underworld of illegal activities and targeting. everyone from 9/11 victims to the royal family he has a lot to...
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that and rupert murdoch himself has addressed that issue several times including today saying he was ahauled when he heard about that and he did personally go meet with the dowler family on friday to offer his apology. >> bill: that will anger folks. last question, amy, let you go. i know have you been working all day long. is cammeron, the prime minister going to be affected by this directly? >> well, a lot of people are saying, bill, that he is on the back leg at this point because he hired andy coulson who was a former news of the world editor as his chief of communications after coulson had real signed from news of the world amidst of phone hacking drama a few years ago. coulson said he had no knowledge of that practice going on but a lot of people are saying that cammeron made an error of judgment in hiring coulson. so he is being forced repeatedly to defend himself on that. of course, the opposition labor party is taking good advantage of the situation and using it as a platform from which to -- david cammeron. >> that's what's going on in the united states as well, amy. thank
that and rupert murdoch himself has addressed that issue several times including today saying he was ahauled when he heard about that and he did personally go meet with the dowler family on friday to offer his apology. >> bill: that will anger folks. last question, amy, let you go. i know have you been working all day long. is cammeron, the prime minister going to be affected by this directly? >> well, a lot of people are saying, bill, that he is on the back leg at this point...
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. >>> rupert murdoch sends his regrets to the british parliament. he can't make it on tuesday. lawmakers want murdoch to testify about phone hacking and alleged police bribery by his london papers. parliament issues a summons but murdoch is not a british citizen. it's not clear that he can be forced to appear. >>> u.s. women's soccer team going to play for the world cup title this weekend. america beat 3-1. we'll talk live with abby wambach in just a bit. >>> the debt ceiling debate is dramatic enough and then there's the human drama playing out. the two sides go back to the table today after tensions escalated between president obama and house majority leader eric cantor. that happened during the talks yesterday. can for says that the president got agitated after he proposed a short-term agreement to raise the debt ceiling. that's something that the president doesn't want to do. the president said eric, don't call my bluff. african for pressed the issue, he says president obama shoved back from the table and said, i'll see you tomorrow and walked out. so how is it that this re
. >>> rupert murdoch sends his regrets to the british parliament. he can't make it on tuesday. lawmakers want murdoch to testify about phone hacking and alleged police bribery by his london papers. parliament issues a summons but murdoch is not a british citizen. it's not clear that he can be forced to appear. >>> u.s. women's soccer team going to play for the world cup title this weekend. america beat 3-1. we'll talk live with abby wambach in just a bit. >>> the debt...
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this was in "the times" newspaper owned by rupert murdoch's news corp. as you can see, it depicts starving people. and the caption says i have a belly full of phone hacking. i don't know if they were trying to be smart or funny in any way. there has been a lot of online criticism as a result of this. people are calling it as distasteful. as journalists we shouldn't really give our personal opinion on stories, but it really is quite distasteful, ali. >> it's a strange one. always difficult when you're talking about cartoonist because they operate in a sort of different editorial space. the juxtaposition of phone hacking and famine in somalia does sit strangely. good to see you, monita rajpal in london. >>> an underwater robot the size of an egg could limit contamination from nuclear plants. it's been developed to swim through pipes at nuclear facilities checking for signs of corrosion. leaking pipes can lead to contaminated ground water. keep in mind about half of all reactors in the united states are at least 30 years old. the state of california is axin
this was in "the times" newspaper owned by rupert murdoch's news corp. as you can see, it depicts starving people. and the caption says i have a belly full of phone hacking. i don't know if they were trying to be smart or funny in any way. there has been a lot of online criticism as a result of this. people are calling it as distasteful. as journalists we shouldn't really give our personal opinion on stories, but it really is quite distasteful, ali. >> it's a strange one. always...
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well, the paper had a particular symbolic significance for rupert murdoch. it was the first british newspaper he bought in 1969 and the cornerstone of what became a huge media empire stretching from the united states to australia. >>> the current scandal from 2005. the palace suspected people were listening in on the voice mails of prince william and other royal staff. in 2006, august, metropolitan police arrested "the news of the world's" correspondent clive goodman. and this man, private investigator glenn molcave. no one was implicated and the british police faced criticism for their inquirinquiry. "the news of the world"'s editor resigns. in july of 2007 and they appointed media advisor to the then leader of the opposition, david cameron, the prime minister. in 2009, the guardian revealed senior staff from "news of the world" knew that reporters were illegally hacking messages. sienna miller and star hugh grant. but london's metropolitan police chose not to relaunch their investigation. focus in on two people, prime minister david cameron with the phone
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but the hacking scandal tainting rupert murdoch's media empire keep exploding. two more murdoch newspapers now accused of trying to tap into the personal information of a former british prime minister. and pakistan's reaction to news that the united states government is cutting millions of dollars in military aid. i'll talk to the country's ambassador to the united states about the growing tension and the impact on the war on terror. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." the federal debt is soaring high or above the limit almost by the second. and president obama is vowing to hold daily negotiations to raise the ceiling if that's what it takes. another round of talks broke up just a little while ago without repeat any break through. with 22 days left the president says he won't accept the stop gap plan to prevent america from defaulting on its debts. he used a news conference this morning to challenge both parties and to lay down some markers. >> i will not sign a 30-day or a 60-day or a 90-day extension. that's just not an acceptable approach. and i
but the hacking scandal tainting rupert murdoch's media empire keep exploding. two more murdoch newspapers now accused of trying to tap into the personal information of a former british prime minister. and pakistan's reaction to news that the united states government is cutting millions of dollars in military aid. i'll talk to the country's ambassador to the united states about the growing tension and the impact on the war on terror. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."...
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people have said that australia has given two people to the world, rupert murdoch and me. begin publishing. [laughter] in some ways, things are very easy for us and for me. we make a promise to sources that if they give us material of a certain type of significance, of diplomatic, historic, or ethical significance, and they are under a certain threat, we will publish it. that is actually and up. we have a goal with publishing material. it has been my long-term believe that what advances of civilization of our entire intellectual record and our understanding, about what we're going through, what human institutions are actually like and how they actually behave. if we are to make rational policy decisions insofar as any policy decisions can be rational, then we have to have information drawn from the real world and a description of the real world. at the moment, we are severely lacking in the information from the interior of the secretive organizations that have such a role in shaping how civilizations you all and how we all live. so getting down into iraq, that was 400,000
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two rupert murdoch-owned newspapers obtained and published information about prime minister gordon brown's family and finances. and tensions between the united states and syria, near a boiling point tonight. a government that beats its own people when they march peacefully slow to offer help when the united states embassy sund attack. >>> tonight the united states being unable to pay its bills because it's maxed out its credit line. to get more spending power president obama is trying to broker a deal with congress that would slash $2 trillion in red ink over the next decade. republicans refuse to raise taxes. president obama is left to sound like a nagging parent. no breakthrough at this afternoon's white house session. the president will reconvene the talks tomorrow. let's discuss the stakes and politics with jessica yellin and gloria borger. the sound we didn't quite have there was the time saying it's time to rip off the band-aid, eat our peas. he spent a half hour with the key negotiators in the room. what happened today? any progress? >> no breakthroughs, but the way it's been descri
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you questioned rupert and james murdoch in parliament on tuesday. earlier he gave me his reaction to what he heard at that session. >> i think the important thing in terms of the "news of the world" in the u.k. that rupert murdoch made it perfectly clear that he put his trust in the senior management. and i think he's lost that confidence and that trust in those people and he made that perfectly clear. so i think that was one of the most important things, and i think he said at one stage that he -- he was sort of disappointed at the performance of senior management. >> it was interesting to see how you and other members of the select committee were very keane to focus very much on rupert murdoch himself and bringing the question back to him whenever his son tried to intervene. was that a deliberate move on your part or was it something that you discussed with your colleagues beforehand? >> no, certainly not. at the end of the day, rupert murdoch is the head of the news international group. but to be perfectly honest with you, my individual sort of p
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and is not indispensable. >> pressure on rupert murdoch's media empire in the u.k. has intensified following new allegations of malpractice by journalists of its newspapers. >> breaking news coming to us from the writer news agency. an explosion has hit a gas terminals on each of its border with israel. the blast happened at a pipeline distribution station. one report said masked gunman had launched a raid, starting a huge fire. it is the third attack on the pipeline within the last few months and the second within the last fortnight. more on that story to come. story,eturn to our top the phone hacking scandal that is engulfing the rupert murdoch media empire here in the u.k. there was an article headlined "murdoch's watergate." thank you very much for joining us. >> the story has a question mark at the end. this is about a massive abuse of power, just as watergate was about a massive institutional abuse of power from the top down. what we are seeing here is astonishing and unprecedented, the hacking scandals shaking rupert murdoch's empire. none of us should be too
and is not indispensable. >> pressure on rupert murdoch's media empire in the u.k. has intensified following new allegations of malpractice by journalists of its newspapers. >> breaking news coming to us from the writer news agency. an explosion has hit a gas terminals on each of its border with israel. the blast happened at a pipeline distribution station. one report said masked gunman had launched a raid, starting a huge fire. it is the third attack on the pipeline within the last...
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but we know that rupert murdoch just hates this kind of situation. and he may, just may say things that he will regret later. and the whole empire seems to be teetering on the edge right now. we even have reports yesterday that some members of the board of news corp. are looking at replacing him. i'm not sure how they can do that. but the very fact that that's come up is absolutely an astounding reversal for a man who was receiptly citizen cane. >> news reports, coo, to succeed rupert murdoch. are we hearing anything from news corp. about chase carey? >> we're hearing from the, independent board members, independent directors they're called of news corp., making a statement today, very brief statement saying that they fully back rupert murdoch. so backing off from those reports. but you know, peter, so many, especially the biographers of rupert murdoch, those who know him well, are saying the name, the family, the brand, is just too tainted now. it's irreparable. >> one final thought, "the guardian" newspaper where you are is also reporting as we've
but we know that rupert murdoch just hates this kind of situation. and he may, just may say things that he will regret later. and the whole empire seems to be teetering on the edge right now. we even have reports yesterday that some members of the board of news corp. are looking at replacing him. i'm not sure how they can do that. but the very fact that that's come up is absolutely an astounding reversal for a man who was receiptly citizen cane. >> news reports, coo, to succeed rupert...
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murdoch like all british prime ministers they have to and i think some are saying that rupert murdoch was just annoyed about the b. sky b. issue there's a referral to the competition commission which certainly i think must be on the cards it's certainly been delayed it was supposed to be due this week and my sources in parliament are telling me that he's not going to get b. sky b. which will really engage even more off even more citizen kane wrote for murdoch in which case this isn't this p.r. ploy may mean he's just giving up this country and going to china and india for the future so you're saying that in fact by dropping the news of the world that would be a damage limitation exercise in that deal to go through that simply wouldn't work that way well a hundred sixty or a year or old newspaper with such a brand brand recognition it seems a crazy decision many people have remarked how poorly managed the papers have been under well titular head his son james murdoch we mustn't forget i mean the on the wall street journal the new york post a newspaper in turkey was just bored they may
murdoch like all british prime ministers they have to and i think some are saying that rupert murdoch was just annoyed about the b. sky b. issue there's a referral to the competition commission which certainly i think must be on the cards it's certainly been delayed it was supposed to be due this week and my sources in parliament are telling me that he's not going to get b. sky b. which will really engage even more off even more citizen kane wrote for murdoch in which case this isn't this p.r....
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. >> rupert murdoch and his son james r. and not see. the british law makers grill them over what they knew about the scandal. a dramatic attack interrupt the hearing. -- is due to die in texas tomorrow. it is now one of his victims fighting to save his life. hoping to make a splash, the london olympics. we follow one british athlete training hard to make the cut. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america. shocked, appalled, ashamed, the words that rupert murdoch used before lawmakers. that was his reaction tuesday phone hacking scandal that has unraveled his empire and sent shock waves through the military -- through the metropolitan police. they apologized for the hurt that was caused but they claimed that they were not responsible. the proceedings were interrupted by protesters with a plateful of foam. >> the moment when two of the world's most powerful media moguls, rupert murdoch and his son,, arrived to be held to account for the way that there company invaded the privacy of individuals. >> do you have anything to say about the pho
. >> rupert murdoch and his son james r. and not see. the british law makers grill them over what they knew about the scandal. a dramatic attack interrupt the hearing. -- is due to die in texas tomorrow. it is now one of his victims fighting to save his life. hoping to make a splash, the london olympics. we follow one british athlete training hard to make the cut. welcome to our viewers on pbs and america. shocked, appalled, ashamed, the words that rupert murdoch used before lawmakers....
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for years, rupert murdoch has been behind numerous cruel tabloid headlines. now suddenly he's on the front page himself, and that's a pretty awkward place for a press baron to be, suddenly the target of what they call in britain the gutter press. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> a lot of questions probably centers on who knew what it and when. >>> as we've been telling you the phone hacking scandal has cost london's top two police officials their jobs. let's go back to atika shubert. the two high profile resignations pretty much one after another. the timing also important but quite incredible what's unfolded in the last few days. >> reporter: really is, and it has completely tainted the british police. what lawmakers are looking at now is, one, did police ignore the phone hacking scandal when they should have investigated further and two, did they take police payments. they want to know how far the corruption goes in scotland yard. former senior police officer john yates is the latest head to roll. now under investigation for his failed review of the police phone
for years, rupert murdoch has been behind numerous cruel tabloid headlines. now suddenly he's on the front page himself, and that's a pretty awkward place for a press baron to be, suddenly the target of what they call in britain the gutter press. dan rivers, cnn, london. >> a lot of questions probably centers on who knew what it and when. >>> as we've been telling you the phone hacking scandal has cost london's top two police officials their jobs. let's go back to atika shubert....
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murdoch but it's rupert murdoch who has sidestepped all of these issues and now i think he's left and he calls on to basically get annoyed with david cameron has now got the media chief that cameron selected into deep water. if cameron thinks that rupert murdoch is just going to lay off the british prime minister now i think you'd be being naive we can expect some pretty serious stories in coming weeks they will try and upset the british government here but this isn't just about politics this is also about as you mentioned earlier the links with the british police force with british law now this is this is going far deeper than a journalist and. a journalist scandal isn't it this is this is going far deeper i mean some say that rupert murdoch has debased civil life for so many decades but now we have scotland yard a name that is internationally recognised routinely it seems take bribes they initially were supposed to inquire into this phone hacking scandal where you hack into a phone for a celebrity or a dead british soldier or a murder victim and here we are hearing that the police w
murdoch but it's rupert murdoch who has sidestepped all of these issues and now i think he's left and he calls on to basically get annoyed with david cameron has now got the media chief that cameron selected into deep water. if cameron thinks that rupert murdoch is just going to lay off the british prime minister now i think you'd be being naive we can expect some pretty serious stories in coming weeks they will try and upset the british government here but this isn't just about politics this...
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is the day rupert murdoch and his son did not want to see. they were summoned to answer questions about the scandal that rocked the country, allegations of widespread criminal activity by reporters at murdoch's now shuttered tabloid "news of the world." listen to this for a man infamous for his arrogance and ruthlessness. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> reporter: rupert murdoch born in australia, age 80, an american citizen, presides over a global empire with $33 billion in revenue. he's the boss, but the buck does not stop witith him and he is n planning to step aside. ? because i feel the people trust trusted, i feel i'm the best to -- >> reporter: at his son james, an american citizen, runs company operations in europe and asia. when he was younger, he was the family rebel. now if he can hold on, he'll take over from his dad. >> if i knew then what w we kno now we would have takenore action around that and moved faster to get to the bottom of these allegations. >> reporter: it was james who did most of the talking. coming to
is the day rupert murdoch and his son did not want to see. they were summoned to answer questions about the scandal that rocked the country, allegations of widespread criminal activity by reporters at murdoch's now shuttered tabloid "news of the world." listen to this for a man infamous for his arrogance and ruthlessness. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> reporter: rupert murdoch born in australia, age 80, an american citizen, presides over a global empire with...
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rupert murdoch's already shaky. public fury over the case challenges the future of britain's newspaper industry. they've got to take no they've got to take a chainsaw to government spending and do something about it calls for the u.s. to cut spending and threats to the country's credit rating might be downgraded if will make us fail to raise america's debt ceiling as more. economic crisis. one hundred thirteen bodies have now been recovered from the water. disaster on the volga river while divers and continue efforts to find a still. warm welcome to you this is the light from moscow i'm. a former executive editor of the disgraced news of the world newspaper has reportedly been arrested over the phone hacking scandal british pressing the rupert murdoch to face questioning of a continuing allegations that several of his newspapers were. voicemail hacking and bribed senior officials but he's a lawyer and reports the media mogul's read rise over the decades was littered with red flags warning of what was to come. rupert
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they said at least 50% more without rupert murdoch. and the way they get it is from estimates of barclay's, and they say that it is worth much more than it trades for on the market, so there is a generic murdoch discount which encompasses that he will make decisions that are not consistent with the other shareholder interests. and so what makes news corp vuler inable is that this could make the murdoch discount as they call it bigger. in the short term, it may not matter that much, because murdoch's family owns 43% of the company and it would be difficult to kick him out, but if the family is discredited and the investors see a company worth a lot more than it is trading for and ripe for a takeover and you know who is very good at taking over businesses that are ripe with family struggles? "the new york times," because that is how he acquired them. they might not even need that much convincing to sell the company for much more than it is worth if they remain in charge of it. joining us now are brian steltzer, journalist at "the new yor
they said at least 50% more without rupert murdoch. and the way they get it is from estimates of barclay's, and they say that it is worth much more than it trades for on the market, so there is a generic murdoch discount which encompasses that he will make decisions that are not consistent with the other shareholder interests. and so what makes news corp vuler inable is that this could make the murdoch discount as they call it bigger. in the short term, it may not matter that much, because...
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. >>> well, rupert murdoch isn't going to buy britain's sky tv network. lawmakers of allmajorbritain's r parties demanded he withdraw the bid as anger increases over employees of his newspapers hacked into voice mailboxes of the royal, even a a dnapped girl. there is a report the paper tried to hack into the voice mail of 9/11 victims in this country. members of congress are calling for investigation. >>> well, sometimes if you want a job done right, you just have to get in there and do it yourself, and that may be why oprah winfrey has named herself chief executive and also chief creative officer of her cable network now that her own tv show has ended. ratings of the oprah winfrey network or own, have so far been pretty lackluster. >>> the final harry potter doesn't open till midnight but has already sold $32 million in tickets. could mean one of the biggest openings ever. "deathly hallows: part 2" will be costs more for tickets. >> they're giving away special harry potter 3-d glasses. >>> next on this thursday, the surge of pride for the women of the u.
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the questioning of rupert murdoch, his son, james murdoch, and former "news of the world" editor, rebekah brooks was riveting for the british and american media, but what did it reveal about how rupert murdoch does business? in tonight's rewrite, how a main newspaper told a republican candidate for senate to get out of the race and why that republican candidate thinks barack obama is not a christian. with precise pain relieving cream. it blocks pain signals fast for relief precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. >>> rupert murdoch would like you to believe that he runs his megamedia entire without actually knowing how it works. he'd also like you to believe he's sorry for hacking into your phone. next, how republicans may have squandered their chances to get most of the things they've [ male announcer ] a moment that starts off ordinary can become romantic just like that. a spark might come from -- a touch, a glance -- it can come along anywhere, anytime. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready
the questioning of rupert murdoch, his son, james murdoch, and former "news of the world" editor, rebekah brooks was riveting for the british and american media, but what did it reveal about how rupert murdoch does business? in tonight's rewrite, how a main newspaper told a republican candidate for senate to get out of the race and why that republican candidate thinks barack obama is not a christian. with precise pain relieving cream. it blocks pain signals fast for relief precisely...
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phone hacking scandal rocked rupert murdoch's already shaken. public fury of the case challenges the future of britain's newspaper industry. calls for the u.s. to cut spending and threats of the country's credit rating might be downgraded if lawmakers fail to raise america's debt ceiling that says more e.u. states plunged deeper into economic crisis plus. initial investigations into the sinking of the belgariad point to negligence that the tragedy could have been avoided. and made an investigation into sunday's pleasure cruiser disaster as divers continue to retrieve bodies from the would be death toll now standing at one hundred thirteen. with news and comment from around the world this is r.t. live in moscow twenty four hours a day with a rapid change of heart rupert murdoch and his son james have now confirmed they will give evidence to a parliamentary committee investigating the u.k. phone hacking scandal this comes hot on the heels of earlier reports that they declined the summons it's alleged that several of murdoch's newspapers were engag
phone hacking scandal rocked rupert murdoch's already shaken. public fury of the case challenges the future of britain's newspaper industry. calls for the u.s. to cut spending and threats of the country's credit rating might be downgraded if lawmakers fail to raise america's debt ceiling that says more e.u. states plunged deeper into economic crisis plus. initial investigations into the sinking of the belgariad point to negligence that the tragedy could have been avoided. and made an...
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listed company rupert murdoch's news corp could face one hundred million dollars bill for u.s. investigation into police payments dr evil here one hundred million dollars fine they're facing for forty four billion dollars i'm going to you know sort of those are clear about this that all means is that they call of goldman or morgan and they borrow one hundred million which then morgan will put on to the taxpayer tab as part of the overall bailout so this potential hundred million dollars would only happen if the u.s. department of justice decides to investigate based on america's foreign corrupt practices act so basically american listed companies aren't allowed to bribe foreign officials or let police or royal protection officers. well i you know the u.s. justice system is got some cards to play and i mean clearly in los you want to just say that nine eleven was a joke and a bunch of financial mercenaries died on that day and we shouldn't give a flying hoot about it but unless you feel my way then you should prosecute rupert murdoch if it up and stop complaining you whining bab
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only a week or so ago rupert murdoch said he had total confidence in rebecca brooks. the first thing he did when he flew into london to try and sort this crisis out was stage a photo opportunity with his arm around rebecca, asked what his first priority was on landing in london. he pointed to her and said this one. >> rose: so why did she resign? >> i think because the attempts to take the pressure off so far had failed. the closure of the news of the world is dramatic and expense move. this pap had been going for 160 plus years. ruperturdoch bought it 42 years ago it was his big entry on to the world stage after leaving australia. >> rose: the largest circulati paper in london. >> 2 million a day, used to sell 6 to 8 million in its glory days. so this is an extraordinary, papers don't shut down overnight like that either. in these troubled mes. he had done that he pulled the bid for sky. he had agreed after changing his mind on thursday to appear before parliament. none of those things had taken the pressure off. the reason that he had kept rebecca brooks right by hi
only a week or so ago rupert murdoch said he had total confidence in rebecca brooks. the first thing he did when he flew into london to try and sort this crisis out was stage a photo opportunity with his arm around rebecca, asked what his first priority was on landing in london. he pointed to her and said this one. >> rose: so why did she resign? >> i think because the attempts to take the pressure off so far had failed. the closure of the news of the world is dramatic and expense...
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rupert murdoch knew nothing, absolutely zero? and remember, he had newspapers under his control that were delivering the most spectacular stories, stories about members of the royal family asking 500,000 pounds to allow people access to prince andrew. he -- that's the sort of story that his newspaper was delivering. members of parliament, for example, caught in bed with various women. again, stories that his newspapers were delivering. that is the kind of detail that rupert murdoch provided and yet was supposed to believe after today, he knows nothing and can't remember anything of the criminality. >> martin, your command of the story and perspective on it is invaluable to us. you can see martin bashir on msnbc, martin, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> it's a great pleasure, lawrence, and thank you for having me. >> coming up, what's next in the investigation of rupert murdoch's empire and what could come back to haunt him? [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned
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however, there is praise coming from rupert murdoch's son and company chairman. james murdoch says in a statement, "she has been one of the outstanding editors of her generation and she can be proud of many accomplishments as an executive." all right. looks like we're going to move on to new york now and cnn's susan candiotti. susan, you've been following the other part of this investigation, and that is the one that's taking place here in the u.s. the fbi now being brought in after u.s. lawmakers asking for its own -- or asking for their own probe of this scandal. >> reporter: that's right. the question of course is where, oh where will this investigation lead. we know that the fbi is in day two of its investigation after just launching one into whether phone records and possibly voicemails of 9/11 victims were hacked here in the united states, of 9/11 victims. and so the fbi, here's how it all started, is looking specifically at an article that was published in great britain talking about a private eye who may have been approached by "news of the world" and/or
however, there is praise coming from rupert murdoch's son and company chairman. james murdoch says in a statement, "she has been one of the outstanding editors of her generation and she can be proud of many accomplishments as an executive." all right. looks like we're going to move on to new york now and cnn's susan candiotti. susan, you've been following the other part of this investigation, and that is the one that's taking place here in the u.s. the fbi now being brought in after...
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rupert murdoch's murdoch's bid for the u.k.'s biggest selling broadcaster b. sky b. crumbles under political pressure as the hacking scandal spreads beyond britain senators in the us now calling for an inquiry following reports that journalists from murdoch papers tried to bribe police for information after nine eleven britain's best selling tabloid news of the world was shut down after allegations the mobile phones of murder victims politicians and celebrities were hacked with the knowledge of the paper's editors. more trouble for the eurozone as the irish economy slides further e.u. central bankers fear italy and spain may be heading for their own financial abyss brussels is concerned it wouldn't have enough cash bail out the. analysts say europe's fourth largest economy is too big to fail and that it has a problem. coming up our special report on one of the most scenic regions in russia from lush woodlands to mighty mountains. is a sight to behold discovering russia coming your way next. the region deep in the. east is one of russia's newest territories. two thous
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welcome back to cross talk and peter lavelle reminder we're discussing the world of rupert murdoch live. slim. tell me if i go to you i think we all agree good journalism is good for society but what is good journalism today because . if we look at the business model this will be discussed and during this entire program i mean it's profits that are most important and and traditional media has a very hard time in this environment i mean we all know poor journalists ok i mean is the public good being served by the business model in journalism today well peter it's interesting because the idea of responsibility and media is pretty much a twentieth century concept when our founder started the idea was a absolutely open robust stridently partisan press that was full of lies full of innuendo and full of all sorts of false information and in that sense it seems to me that we're just revolving back to that concept where we've got more stridently partisan media on both sides and we've got this robust communication and the whole idea of the enlightenment was that the founders was that the public
welcome back to cross talk and peter lavelle reminder we're discussing the world of rupert murdoch live. slim. tell me if i go to you i think we all agree good journalism is good for society but what is good journalism today because . if we look at the business model this will be discussed and during this entire program i mean it's profits that are most important and and traditional media has a very hard time in this environment i mean we all know poor journalists ok i mean is the public good...
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>> because rupert murdoch is a newspaperman. he loves the news. he loves dialling into his editors and giving them tips and hearing the gossip and finding out what's happening and trying to drive the news and drive the conversation. so when he says he's uninvolved with the newspapers there's some people in the business that say that doesn't ring true. >> spoken like a newspaperman. andrew ross sorkin. thank you. >>> and there was that startling moment during the hearing today when a guy attacked rupert murdoch with a cream pie and then murdoch's wife got up and took a roundhouse swing at the attacker. that kind of fierce devotion and protection seemed familiar to those familiar with wendi murdoch. nbc's andrea mitchell has more on the wife of rupert murdoch. >> reporter: she responded in a flash, leaping forward to protect her husband from an attacker. instinctive, fierce, athletic. a former volleyball player in school. all that, plus a lot more. the young, glamorous, chinese-born third wife of rupert murdoch. >> i think all the people are movers
>> because rupert murdoch is a newspaperman. he loves the news. he loves dialling into his editors and giving them tips and hearing the gossip and finding out what's happening and trying to drive the news and drive the conversation. so when he says he's uninvolved with the newspapers there's some people in the business that say that doesn't ring true. >> spoken like a newspaperman. andrew ross sorkin. thank you. >>> and there was that startling moment during the hearing...
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the first question is, what will happen to rupert murdoch's companies in the u.s.? is anyone else in jeopardy right now, including his son? >> reporter: there are real question marks about where the buck stops. many people thought rebekah brooks, a close confidente of rupert murdoch, would be safe but she's the latest member of his empire to fall on her sword. real questions about u.s. titles and whether they'll be tainted as well. those titles include the fox cable network, "the wall street journal," which has a strong editorial representation, and of course dow jones news who i worked for at one stage in my career. a lot of questions about those titles and what kind of governance news corp. will look like going forward. lots of question marks about the independence of the news corp. board and whether we'll see moves on that front as rupert murdoch is forced to relinquish some power. >> the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton in athens, greece, voicing strong support for that country, including their debt crisis. there is a meeting in brussels this thursday whe
the first question is, what will happen to rupert murdoch's companies in the u.s.? is anyone else in jeopardy right now, including his son? >> reporter: there are real question marks about where the buck stops. many people thought rebekah brooks, a close confidente of rupert murdoch, would be safe but she's the latest member of his empire to fall on her sword. real questions about u.s. titles and whether they'll be tainted as well. those titles include the fox cable network, "the...
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this is a day rupert murdoch and his son did not want to see. they were summoned to answer questions from politicians about the scandal that has rocked this country. >> mr. murdoch, do you have anything you want to say to the victims of phone hacking? >> reporter: allegations of widespread criminal activity by reporters at murdoch's shuttered tabloid, "the news of the world," and a cover-up involving politicians and the police. listen to this, from a man infamous for his ruthlessness and arrogance. >> this is the most humble day of my life. >> reporter: there they were in matching suits, shirts and ties, the patriarch and the heir apparent of one of the world's mightiest business dynasties. rupert murdoch, born in australia, age 80, an american citizen, presides over a global empire with $33 billion in revenue. father of six children from three marriages, he's the boss, but the buck does not stop with him and he is not planning to step aside. >> because i feel people i trusted betrayed the company and me and it's for them to pay. i think that, f
this is a day rupert murdoch and his son did not want to see. they were summoned to answer questions from politicians about the scandal that has rocked this country. >> mr. murdoch, do you have anything you want to say to the victims of phone hacking? >> reporter: allegations of widespread criminal activity by reporters at murdoch's shuttered tabloid, "the news of the world," and a cover-up involving politicians and the police. listen to this, from a man infamous for his...